The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-21

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board or else to the people. The Senat
amendment provides for the election 0
the commission by the Legislature.
TIE AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTION BILL
gave rise to spirited discussion. Th,
bill came up for its final reading, having
passed O second reading by vote of 8:
to s. The discussion was opened BY
DR.. Pope, Of Newberry, who moved tc
recommit the bill, that being the par
iamentary process OF squelching e b;l
that has already been passed. Dr.. Pope
explained that he made the motion be-
cause the bill is unconstitutional, it be-
ing in direct conflict with Section l
Article 9, of the Constitution. The bill
fixes one time for the farmers products
to be valued august 1st) preceding
January 1st Of the return and leaves
other property to be valued as Of Jsnua,
~ Ist. The bill then passed its third
TeaCiQS, NlGlOuG q Q1V1S1OO.
NO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
The joint resolution to call Consti,
tutional Convention was fully discussed
in the House, bat wss killed by vote
Of 66 to A. The natter may now be
considered settled for the present session.
ELECTION PRECINCTS.
The House has passed the voting pre-
cinct bill to third reading. This is in
the nature Of an amendment to the elec-
ton laws and is passed at almost every
session, the object being to change or
ada to the precincts. The counties
affected By the present bill are Chester
fel3, Aershaw, Lancaster, Lexington,
Spartsnburg, Chester, Horny, Beaufort,
Laurens, Berkeley, Anderson, Ceonee,
Pickens, York aud Green7lle.
no NEW APpoET1oSaEST.
The apport:onment bill caused quito a
discussion in the Senate. The oppon-
ents chiefly took tne ground that it was
unconstitutional. Il was finally killed
by vote Of l9 to Is.
TIE COLUMBIA CANAL.
The Columbia Canal bill was on the
Senate Calendar for a second reading.
Senator Hemphill moved its indefinite
postponement. Tabled by vote 13
to 9.
Senator Talbert moved to amend by
requiring the convicts to be clothed, fed
and guarded by the trustees of the Canal
and five dollars month be paid for
their hire.
Senator Murray moved to table the
motion. Carried-lS to 13. Senator
Talbert offered another amendment, re-
curing the Canal trustees to feed and
clothe the convicts. This was defeated
by vote OF 16 to IA. On the passage
Of the bill Senator Talbelt demanded
the yeas and nays, saying that he wished
hsvote recorded against this infamous
scheme. The bill passed By vote of
Is to II.
THE STOCK Law IN CoIIEToE.
The bill to exempt portions of Cole
ton from the General Stock Law passed
the House after lengthy debate, par
ticipsted in by Messrs. Dantzler, Of
Ocangeourg; Padgett, Hill and Vim
berly, of Colieton; LeseSne, OF Charles
ton; heitt, OF Newberry; Tinaall, Of
Clarendon; Stanland, of Berkeley; Ham
ilton, of Chester, and some others.
THE PROPOSED COUNTY OF FLORENCE.
When the bill to create a new county,
to be known as the County of Florence,
was taken up in the Senate, Mr.. Moody,
of Marion, moved to indefinitely post
pone the unfavorable report of the
Judiciary Committee. In support Of
this motion Senator Moody delivered an
earnest speech, strongly setting forth the
needs of the people Of east Marion, and
appealing to the Senate to recognize
those needs by passing the bill.
Senator Edwards, Of Darlington,
argued strongly against the bill on the
ground that it would take valuable terri
tory awag from both Darlington and
Williamsburg, against the will Of the
people of those counties.
Senator Byrd, of Williamsburg, OBJ
jected to the bill, also on tie ground
that it would take territory and popula-
tion from his county, against the will of
the people.
After some further debate Senator
Edwards moved to table the motion of
Senator Moody to indefinitely postpone
the unfavorable report of the committee.
Upon the call 1.-the yeas and nays,
tha vota VOC oc follows.
Yeas-Messrs. Bell, Bieman, Black,
Buist, Byrd, Crews, Edwards, Howell,
Eemphill, Izlar, Kennedy, Murray,
Moore, Munro, Mccall, Noise, Rhame,
Sinkier, Talbert, Woford, Williams,
Wingard, Woodward, Youmans-
NEJs-Messrs. Austin, Alexander,
Fiaia, Moody, Patterson, Reynolds,
Smith.
Senator Edwards then moved to adopt
the unfavorable report of the committee,
and reject the bill. This motion was
adopted without a division, and the fate
of the eli was sealed.
ABOUT GRANTING BAIL.
The bill to regulate the granting o!
bail after conviction caused some debate
in the Senate. It was finally passed in
the following shape:
ssThat from and after the passage Of
this Act it shall not be lawful for any
Justice or any Circuit Judge Of the State
pending an appeal to the Supreme Court
to grant bail to any person who shall
have been convicted Of any offense the
punishment whereof is death OF imprison
ment for life or imprisonment for ter
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